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2Neuroplasticity ResearchOur brain is a dynamic system that has the capability of significant growth.Rudraprosad Chakraborty, M.D.J Indian Med Assoc 2007;105(9)Neuroplasticity researchLets you rewire and remodel your rainJudy Willis

3Neuroplasticity ResearchNeuroplasticity research has established, beyond doubt, that instead of being a static cell mass, our brain is actually a dynamic system of neural networks that has the capability of significant growth under favorable circumstances.Rudraprosad Chakraborty, M.D.J Indian Med Assoc 2007;105(9)

4Neuroplasticity ResearchResearch shows that adults do, in fact, exhibit neuroplasticity. You can use this innate ability to treat a variety of visual system disorders.Dominick M. Maino, O.D., M.Ed.Review Optometry (1/09)

5Neuroplasticity & Visual System DisordersNeuroplasticity as a Proposed Mechanism for the Efficacy of Optometric Vision Therapy and RehabilitationHuang JC. J Behav Optom 2009;20:96-100…70% all sensory input fibers to brain is related to vision and visual processing, optometrists can play a major role in the rehabilitation of visually-related deficits

8Research Emotions, Mind & Body - Candace Pert PhDEmotions are both energy and matter and are the communication bridge between the mind and body.Suggests the body is the subconsciousEmotions and thoughts effect our body, but are not permanently hard- wired

10Research - VisualizationSame parts of the brain light up on MRI when person looks at an actual object,or if they imagine the same objectin their mindBasketball StudyEvolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind byDr. Joe Dispenza 2007“What the Bleep”

11Research - VisualizationWe can release our emotions and thoughts and rewire our neuro-networksThis is how visualization can affect physical/brain changes

12Is Vision Therapy Just for Kids?Lots of people have vision problems.Neuro-scientist-professor at Mt. Holyoke-teaches visionShows theories of vision incorrect-supported by Dr. Oliver SacksDr. Susan Barry

1312 Brain Rules – John Medina Ph.D.The brain is an amazing thing. Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know.Dr. John Medina- Developmental Molecular BiologistImprove thinking skills- move2. Don’t have 1 brain in our head- 3. Started with “lizard rain” to keep us breathing, then added a brain like a cat’s, then topped those thie the thin layer of Jell-O known and the cortex-the 3rd and powerful “human brain”No 2 people’s brains store the same information in the same way in the same place- great number of ways of being intelliegnet many of which don’t show up on IQ testsBrain’s attentional “spotlight” can focus on ly one things at a time: no multitasking. Emotional arousal helps the brain learn. The brain has many types of memory systems. The more elaborately we encode a memory during its initial moments, the stronger it will be.Most memories disappear within minutes, but those that survive the fragile period strengthen with time. The way to make long-term memory more reliable iExercisers outperform couch potatos in long-term memory, reasoning, attention, and problem solving tasks (etting rid of PE at school)s to incorporate new information gradually and repeat it in timed intervals.Powerpoint- seconds to grab someone’s attention and only 10 miins. To keep it.Brain needs a break (stories)Fatigue at 3PM?- brain wants to atake nap.Sleep wellWhy terrible twos are a child’s powerful urge to explore.

1412 Brain Rules Exercise boosts brain power Human brain evolved tooEvery brain is wired differentlyWe don’t pay attention to boring thingsRepeat to rememberRemember to repeatImprove thinking skills- move2. Don’t have 1 brain in our head- 3. Started with “lizard rain” to keep us breathing, then added a brain like a cat’s, then topped those thie the thin layer of Jell-O known and the cortex-the 3rd and powerful “human brain”No 2 people’s brains store the same information in the same way in the same place- great number of ways of being intelliegnet many of which don’t show up on IQ testsBrain’s attentional “spotlight” can focus on ly one things at a time: no multitasking. Emotional arousal helps the brain learn. The brain has many types of memory systems. The more elaborately we encode a memory during its initial moments, the stronger it will be.Most memories disappear within minutes, but those that survive the fragile period strengthen with time. The way to make long-term memory more reliable iExercisers outperform couch potatos in long-term memory, reasoning, attention, and problem solving tasks (etting rid of PE at school)s to incorporate new information gradually and repeat it in timed intervals.Powerpoint- seconds to grab someone’s attention and only 10 miins. To keep it.Brain needs a break (stories)Fatigue at 3PM?- brain wants to atake nap.Sleep wellWhy terrible twos are a child’s powerful urge to explore.

1512 Brain Rules Sleep well, think wellStressed brains don’t learn the same wayStimulate more of the sensesVISION trumps all other sensesWE SEE WITH OUR BRAINSMale and female brains are differentWe are powerful natural explorersThe brain is in a constant state of tension between cells and chemicals that try to put you to sleep and cells & chemicals that try to keep you awake. People vary in how much sleep they need and when they prefer to get it- biological drive for an afternoon nap is universal. Too much sleep hurts attention, executive function, working memory, mood, quantitative skills, logical reasoning, and motor dexterity.Your body’s defense system- release of adrenaline and cortisol-is build for an immediate response to a serious but passing danger (saber-tootherd tiger). Chronic stress, sucha as hostility at home, dangerously deregulates a system built only to deal with short-term responses. The worst kind of stress is the feeling that you have no control over the problem-you are helpless. Emotional stress has huge impacts across society on children’s ability to learn in school and on employees’ productivity at work.We absorb info about an event through our senses, translate it into electrical signals (some for sight, others from sound, etc), disperse those signals to separate part of the brain, then reconstruct what happened, eventually perceiving the event as a whole. Our senses evolved to work togethrer – vision including hearing, for example0which means that we learn best if we stimulate several senses at once.VISION IS our dominant sense, taking up half of our brain’s resources. What we see is only what our brain tells us we see-its not 100% accurate. We learn and remember best through pictures, not through written or spoken wordsMen’s & women’s brains are different structurally and biochemically. They respond differently to acute stress: Women activate the left hemisphere’s amygdala and remember the emotional details. Men use the right amygdala and get the gist.Babies are the model of how we learn-not by passive reaction to the environment but by active testing through observation, hypothesism experiement, and conslution.

16Brain ResearchCreate an education environment opposed to what the brain is good atClassroomCreate a business environment opposed to what the brain is good at doingCubicleWant to change things?Start over!

17Intelligence Is Biology Richard Haier, PhDBrain structure and metabolic efficiency may underlie individual differences in intelligenceImaging research is pinpointing which regions are key players

18Intelligence Is Biology Richard Haier, PhDSmart brains work in different way Women and men with same IQ show different underlying brain architecturesIndividual’s pattern of gray and white matter might underlie his specific cognitive strengths & weaknesses

23Mindset – Robert BrooksAssumptions & Expectations we have about self and others guide our behaviorStrategies are worthless unless you believe in them & yourself

24Mindset – Robert BrooksWith kids with learning problems, need to change their mindsetsMotivating environment:People being cooperativeWilling to learn from each otherWilling to take risks because they feel safe & secureAll parties feel a sense of ownership

30How Your Child Learns BestWhat is the biggest fear of students?Not being liked by the teacherBad gradesMaking a mistake in front of the class

31How Your Child Learns BestWhat is the biggest fear of students?Making a mistake in front of the class

32How Your Child Learns BestEverything we learn comes to the brain through our sensesBrain can’t process billions of bits of info every sec.Equipped with filters to protect from overload & focus on the data most critical for survival.

38How Your Child Learns BestWhen stress is high, amygdala diverts info to the reflex automatic system, non-thinking reactions (flight/fight)When amygdala is in a safe state and emotions are positive, info is passed on to the memory-making and thinking networks in the brain

39How Your Child Learns BestStress, boredom, frustration or confusion block the flow of info through amygdala to the thinking brainWhen learning is associated with pleasure, the amygdala “stamps” that info with increased memory impact

46Eventually, the students can easilyDr. Judith WillisEventually, the students can easilyreturn to that memorywhenever they feelstressed.

47Dr. Judith Willis Returning to that safe place enables learners tolet new informationthat someone is presentingflow into their thinking brainrather than being filtered out.

48NeuroplasticityWhen the action is repeated, the more dendrites sprout to connect new memories to old ones, stronger the connections become, the more efficient the brain becomes at retrieving that memory or action

49How Your Child Learns BestThis teaches students how they can change their intelligence by teaching them about their brainsI study becauseI CAN CHANGE MY BRAIN